Date & time · april fools' dayHow many days until April Fools' Day

April Fools' Day falls 1 April. The counter below runs in real time: days, hours, minutes and seconds until midnight on your own device clock.

Countdown

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1 April

What this day is

1 April, the day of jokes and harmless hoaxes. The tradition runs across many countries, and newspapers and companies often publish invented news.

This year—the year is not in the lunar table

Next year—the year is not in the lunar table

Day off or working dayWorking daycelebrated, but the day is a working one

Working days left—Monday to Friday, day-swaps not counted

Long weekend—the date does not sit next to a weekend

How the date is worked out1 Aprilthe same rule every year

Dates by year

independent of when you opened the page

20261 AprilWednesday

20271 AprilThursday

20281 AprilSaturday

20291 AprilSunday

20301 AprilMonday

Updated 6 September 2026